Your Writing Music

[Arai]

So what is it that everyone here write to? Or maybe you don't write to any music whatsoever. Either way, share.

For me it usually depends on my mood. Most times I listen to electronica, or rock (alternative, and others). When I'm in a foul mood is when I break out the Metal, because for me it has a sort of calming effect on me.

[Silence Sei]

I typically listen to whatever music accompanies the cartoon my kid is watching from the living room.

[Melancor]

It pretty much depends on the mood. When its a battle or something epic a lot of trash or heavy electronica. If I'm trying to get into a sullen mood some classical or whatever.

[Lord Anglekos]

To be honest, when I first entered Althanas, I thought I would be part of the minority in my appreciation for metal, and rock in general. Boy, was I wrong.
Unfortunately, originality isn't one of my strongest traits. I like rock. I like metal. It's better than that shit playing on the radio talking about gettin' on dat ass. And, I can concentrate when I'm listening to it; I find I write my best with a song in the background. Even television will do, however so I think it's just the static effect; but as long as I'm listening to something, it may as well be something I like.
However, I've also developed a fine appreciation for acoustic music as well, and I can listen to either the heavier stuff or the finer tuned in any mood.
Right now, what has caught my ear is this (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QFPgJhYkLyA&feature=related). If you're a fan of rock music, you'll most likely like this.

[Troubled-Crow]

I have a few different songs. Usually when I'm in an average mood I listen to Black Veil Brides, which is Metal, basically. Although recently, I found a band called Alestorm, who are extremley good. When I'm going for the conspiratoral, I go with Zak Hemsy's (I think that's his name :rolleyes:) Mind Heist. It get's me into the mysterious mood.

[Duffy]

Music is a varied menagerie of goodness on my computer, I listen to everything from pop, to rock (mostly indie/alternative and occasional more heavy riff based) right down to chilled out electronic and female singer/songwriters.

A quick selection to cover the basics:

Turin Brakes - Underdog (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Evn5DTVCbLk&ob=av2e)

Charlotte Church - Back To Scratch (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkjiP2zk50o)

Linkin Park - New Divide (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysSxxIqKNN0)

School of Seven Bells - Windstorm (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWtXttiKBzs)

Goldfrapp - Ooh La La (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uco-2V4ytYQ)

If you like any of those, I've plenty more!

[Wynken]

I can't read, write, or sleep to the sound of any music. Homework and work-work are also a total loss if music or the TV are on. My ADD brain simply can't handle the distraction and chooses to input rather than output by default. Kinda sucks, really.

[Arai]

That sucks. I find it hard to sleep if there isn't any noise going on, and I don't function well at work if I don't have music in one ear.

[Caellach]

Rock and metal usually. I <3 Apocalyptica for writing. Occasionally some alternative.

If I'm trying to write something epic I often listen to audiomachine on youtube, they write the super epic music you hear in movie trailers and stuff.

[TwinCast]

I listen mainly to the Blazblue and Guilty Gear Soundtracks. Plenty of lyric-less rock and metal to keep me entertained without singing along to annoy whoever is nearby.

Brief Selection;

Gluttony Fang - Hazama's Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7377COP4mAA&p=C90BC8ED759119D0&index=9&playnext=9)
Rebellion - Ragna the Bloodedge's Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7377COP4mAA&p=C90BC8ED759119D0&index=9&playnext=9)
Motor Head - Iron Tager's Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bby132VFgVY)

That was all Blazblue, for Guilty Gear;

No Mercy - Guilty Gear X2 (Sol/Ky vs. Sol[EX]/Ky[EX]) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDk1MQU0n1o&p=0F6C2D2D6C5E487E&playnext=1&index=2)
Burly Heart - Potemkin's Theme - Guilty Gear X2 OST (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L05wAbRJ5BQ&p=0F6C2D2D6C5E487E&feature=BF&index=10)
SHeep will Sleep(If you become Fatigued) - Sol/Ky/Ino - Guilty Gear Isuka OST (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lyjhTcmbh3Q)

[We Despise The Wretched]

Bwahaha... My taste in music is rather esoteric. Metal, metal, metal. All metal. There is a genre of metal for all of my moods. Death, black, brutal, hardcore, metalcore, doom, progressive, you name it. And to attest, I have about ten thousand songs on my laptop, all metal. So it's a little hard to name a few bands.

For a tiny example though, a few favorites I can lay out off the top of my head are:

Veil of Maya
As Blood Runs Black
After the Burial
Abigail Williams
Conducting From the Grave
The Crimson Armada
A Plea for Purging
Apocalyptica
Through the Eyes of the Dead
Fear Factory

And so on, so forth. I could go on almost forever.

[Scrotus]

Probably either explosions in the sky or rap.

Rap with good beats. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbmaG72vPIM)

[Arai]

Listening to the Afro Samurai game OST right now. Pretty kick ass for any situation if you ask me.

[Ackthrice Malevos]

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[MetalDrago]

I'm eclectic. I'll listen to rock, classical, metal, J-Pop... anything but Country and R&B.

[Enigmatic Immortal]

WOOOOOO! FF9 OST for the win! You scored brownie points for that one!

[Jack Frost]

I listen to techno,
or boos battle music from video games...

[Sulla]

Writing is a tough thing, and picking music for it requires a bit of careful deliberation on the intensity of a song and the scene your writing, the length for fitting moments, and how distracting it may be (considering vocals and base). Generally, I stick to instrumental pieces, but I must admit I've had a weakness for Crystal Castles as of late.

Celestica (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsxNUl1IHnE)

Knights (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_O2y2n4HfMY)

Not in Love (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32udqal_lyQ) (ft. Robert Smith of the Cure)

Getting behind this character requires visits into the roots of inspiration. So I can go with songs from Dexter (Blood Theme (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2xxizpHuoo)), Hitman (Club Heaven (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E0eYdpu6jC0&feature=related)), or even Firefly's Jubal Early (Early Takes Serenity (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKs3m7R9zos)).

[BlackAndBlueEyes]

I'll tune my radio to the local jazz or classical stations. If those fail me, I'll boot up the 360, sign onto Last.fm, and load up a Koji Kondo or David Wise station.

[Duffy]

Wait a minute...there's three of us Brits here now? *Swoon.*